Matched hook



M. L. MOUNT. Matched Hook.

No. 229,738. Patented July 6,1880.

A i E INVENTOR 776. J: ma 5 WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARK L. MOUNT, OF PEARSALLS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND BENJAMIN MOORE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MATCH ED HOOK.

SPEOIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,738, dated July 6, 1880. Application filed December 23, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK L. MOUNT, of Pearsalls in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Matched Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a sectional side view of the improvement, taken through the line a: :12, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an edge View. Fig. 3 is a view of one part of the hook.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish matched hooks so constructed that they may be readily attached to and detached from a rope, an eyebolt, or other object, and when attached will be held securely in place.

The invention consists in combining with the shanks of the parts of the hook springs and a button having the inner part of its stem made square, so that the parts of the hook may be locked and unlocked by turning the button one-quarter around, and so that the button will be held securely in either position, as will be'hereinafter fully described.

A and B are the two parts of the matched hook, the hooks O D of which overlap and are halved to each other, or are taperedand flattened upon their adjacent sides, so that they will fit smoothly upon each other and form a smooth cavity to receive the rope or eyebolt. The shanks E F of the parts A B are made straight and flat upon their inner sides, so that they will fit closely together. In the ends of the shanks E F are formed eyes G H, to receive the rope to which the hook is attached.

In the inner side of one of the shanks, as E, is formed a recess, 1, to receive the springs J, which rest against the opposite sides of the squared part of the stem K of the button L. The end of the stem K is swiveled in a hole in the shank E. The stem K is made so long as to pass through a slot, M, in the shank F. The button Lis made in the form of aflattened semicircular cross-head, so that it may be passed 5 through the slot M and turned one-quarter around, bringing it across the shank F, with its straight edge or shoulders resting against the outer side of the said shank F, locking the two parts A B of the hook securely together.

With this construction the two parts A B of the hook will be locked and unlocked by turning the button L one-quarter around, so that the hook may be easily and quickly attached and detached, as may be required.

The shape of the hook parts 0 D of the hooks A B may be varied as may be desired, or as the use to which the hooks are to be applied may require, so long as the shanks E E are secured together in the manner herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a matched hook made, substantially as herein shown and described, of two parts, one of which carries a square-stemmed pivoted button and locking-springs, the other part being slotted to pass the head of the button, as set forth.

2. In a matched hook, the combination,with the recessed shank E and the slotted shank F, of the spring J and the square-stemmed button L, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the parts A B of the hook may be locked and unlocked by turning the button L one-quarter around.

MARK L. MOUNT.

Witnesses:

J AMES T. GRAHAM, G. SEDGWICK. 

